Philadelphia Gastronomy, Libations, and Art outside of the Gallery Scene
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Gretchen Diehl expressed interest in participating in the Ask-an-Artist and her info was passed along to me. While researching her to come up with questions (yes, I try to tailor questions to the individual’s art as well as asking about art in general) I realized I have recently seen her works at a show at James Oliver Gallery, and was intrigued when I learned that she also creates whimsical jewelry.
Art in Bars: Your work is very graphic, and although of course more subtle in real life, reproduces very well. Is the web-friendliness of your work a conscious choice? You use words like illustration, and drawing to refer to your art, do you feel that effects the “seriousness” of your work?
Gretchen Diehl: the web-friendliness of my work is a happy accident. i learned how to use the ink jet shrink film to reproduce my images and make them salable. the fact that they are flat and easy to scan is directly connected to the material- so i am lucky in that respect! (more…)
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Tim O'Hanlon
Today Ask An Artist focuses on Tim O’Hanlon. Tim is an painter who lives in the Philadelphia area. His artwork consists mostly of portraits of iconic rock musicians. We wanted to ask Tim a few questions after checking out his stuff at the supercool and affordable art market, Pirahna Betty’s where his work is currently for sale. (more…)
Tuesday - the forgotten going-out day
If you’re like me, and I know I am, you rarely go out Fridays or Saturdays, preferring to spend those nights at home with friends. If you’re even more like me, you find that you go out an awful lot on all those other days of the week. This pattern can be shocking when you break it and go to a favorite bar on a weekend, to find it – horrors – filled with people. Imagine. Having to wait for a table. The noise. Terrible. Think about trying an early night in the week to go out. Like Tuesday for example. There’s a couple of lovely things that happen every Tuesday night. Fun and you can avoid the weekend masses. (more…)
Artistic success can be yours
Good news, everybody. I try to keep a running draft of artist opportunities, and there are a whole mess of them this week, from all different walks. I’d like to focus on, you know, the whole alternative spaces thing, but an opportunity to expand your resume and get your career pumped is really more important than my petty little mission statement. So I’ll be trying to keep my eye out for gallery and museum shows, national calls to artists, and generally try not to be so myopic. With that in mind, let’s see what’s going on our there for you arty-types, in order of impending deadline. (more…)
Harvey Stern
I’m very pleased that the art events seem to be spreading out instead of just clumping up on First Friday. The spread is good: it means that people are more inclined to see more shows, not forget about art happenings (‘missing’ FF), and emerging artist might be able to snag a little attention free from the FF suck. In fact, things are so spread I’ve decided to post this today to include the tonight’s openings as well. If you’re hosting a Thursday opening might as well get the respect for it. Now if there was just a magic money fairy to make the collective events not be one night only. Back to the practical world; lots of events to attend this weekend to support your local artists. (more…)
Baseball season is here!
Today is the home opening day for the Philadelphia Phillies! Game starts at 1:05 PM and is airing on MyPhl 17. I’m rather blase about sports in general, but I adore baseball. The nobility of the sport, the importance of teamwork, the pace and minutia, and of course, how the game’s not over until the very last pitch. Growing up in a city without a major league team, we still rooted for our aaa hometeam, the Beavers, and summer to me is never complete without several trips to the ball park. So I’m jazzed to now live in the city of the WFC Phillies, and the glamour of a real stadium not infested with cats. But, I digress. The point of the story is that tonight Bridget Foy’s is offering specials in celebration of opening day. (more…)